Straight leg outer hip abductor

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Straight leg outer hip abductor

Upper legs · Body weight

Target muscles

Abductors

Also works

GlutesHamstrings

How to do it

  1. 1Lie on your side with your legs straight and stacked on top of each other.
  2. 2Place your bottom arm under your head for support.
  3. 3Engage your core and lift your top leg as high as possible without rotating your hips or leaning backward.
  4. 4Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower your leg back down to the starting position.
  5. 5Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits